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As a verb bitt means to take another turn increasing the friction to slow or adjust a mooring ship's relative movement. [1] Mooring fixtures of similar purpose: A bollard is a single vertical post useful to receive a spliced loop at the end of a mooring line. [1] A cleat has horizontal horns. [4]
Mooring bollards, such as this one in the Hudson River, were the first type of bollard. The use of the term has since expanded. A bollard is a sturdy, short, vertical post. The term originally referred to a post on a ship or quay used principally for mooring boats.
Equally impressive are mooring bollards, which were used to tether the ship to a pier. Numerous other artifacts, though, are far tinier — and many more meaningful.
Mooring involves (a) beaching the boat, (b) drawing in the mooring point on the line (where the marker buoy is located), (c) attaching to the mooring line to the boat, and (d) then pulling the boat out and away from the beach so that it can be accessed at all tides.
Bowring's early works were black and white sketches for New Zealand Observer. [8] He then became a cartoonist for the Spectator ( Christchurch ) and the Weekly Press . [ 9 ] He was represented in the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906, the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1894 and 1898 and exhibited nationally in New Zealand up ...
The gates on the dam release or store water to maintain the lake within a 2 ft (0.61 m) range of 20 to 22 ft (6.1 to 6.7 m) above sea level. Maintaining this lake level is necessary for floating bridges, mooring facilities, and vessel clearances under bridges. [2]: 2 "Smolt flumes" in the spillway help young salmon to pass safely downstream.
First Sketch for 'The Battle of Trafalgar' 1823 Tate Britain, London: 90.2 x 121.3 Second Sketch for 'The Battle of Trafalgar' 1823 Tate Britain, London: 90.2 x 121.3 Landscape: Christ and the Woman of Samaria 1825 Tate Britain, London: 147.3 x 238.8 The Cobbler's Home 1825 Tate Britain, London: 59.7 x 80 Valley with a Distant Bridge and Tower 1825